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STAAR Review - Government And Politics People
Test Description: Match the person to their description
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Congressman from Massachusetts who supported protective tariffs and opposed slavery
A
Daniel Webster
B
Henry Clay
C
James Monroe
D
John C Calhoun
2) Served as president of the Constitutional Convention and later as 1st President of the United States
A
John Adams
B
George Washington
C
Thomas Jefferson
D
Abraham Lincoln
3) After the Civil War he was the 1st African American elected to the United States Senate
A
Crispus Attucks
B
William Carney
C
Hiram Rhodes Revels
D
Fredrick Douglass
4) Wrote Common Sense to convince Americans to support independence from Britain
A
Thomas Jefferson
B
Thomas Paine
C
Benjamin Franklin
D
Patrick Henry
5) French philosopher who first wrote about Separation of Powers within government; Executive, Legislative, and Judicial branches
A
James Madison
B
Charles de Montesquieu
C
George Mason
D
Marquis de Lafayette
6) His Doctrine told European countries that no further colonization would be permitted in the Western Hemisphere
A
James Madison
B
Andrew Jackson
C
John Adams
D
James Monroe
7) Anti-Federalist; Argued that a Bill of Rights needed to be added to the Constitution
A
James Madison
B
Alexander Hamilton
C
George Mason
D
John Jay
8) Chief Justice of the Supreme Court who heard the Marbury v. Madison case
A
John Jay
B
Earl Warren
C
John Marshall
D
Roger Taney
9) Father of the Constitution and author of the Federalist Papers
A
Benjamin Franklin
B
James Madison
C
Alexander Hamilton
D
George Washington
10) English philosopher who said it is the duty of government to protect peoples life, liberty, and property
A
Charles de Montesquieu
B
Thomas Jefferson
C
William Blackstone
D
John Locke
11) 1st Republican president of the United States. Issued the Emancipation Proclamation during the Civil War
A
Ulysses S Grant
B
Andrew Jackson
C
Abraham Lincoln
D
George Washington
12) Primary author of the Declaration of Independence; 3rd President of the United States; Louisiana Purchase
A
George Washington
B
James Madison
C
Thomas Jefferson
D
James K Polk
13) Anti-Federalist who refused to attend the Constitutional Convention because he said - I smell a rat
A
John Adams
B
Alexander Hamilton
C
James Madison
D
Patrick Henry
14) Author of the Federalist Papers; Leader of the Federalist Party; Created the Bank of the United States
A
Aaron Burr
B
John Adams
C
George Washington
D
Alexander Hamilton
15) Scientist, inventor, writer, and oldest delegate at the Constitutional Convention
A
Roger Sherman
B
George Washington
C
James Madison
D
Benjamin Franklin
16) Congressman from Kentucky who proposed the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850
A
John C Calhoun
B
Henry Clay
C
Daniel Webster
D
Andrew Jackson
17) Hero of the Battle of New Orleans, 1st Democratic President, President of the Common Man, known as Old Hickory
A
John Quincy Adams
B
Andrew Jackson
C
George Washington
D
James K Polk
18) Led South Carolina into the Nullification Crisis when he refused to pay the new Federal Tariff; supported slavery and states rights
A
Henry Clay
B
Abraham Lincoln
C
John C Calhoun
D
Daniel Webster
19) Accused of a Corrupt Bargain with Henry Clay to become 6th president
A
James Monroe
B
Andrew Jackson
C
John Quincy Adams
D
John Adams
20) 2nd President of the United States; X,Y,Z Affair and Alien and Sedition Acts
A
Thomas Jefferson
B
Samuel Adams
C
John Adams
D
James Madison
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